Kingdoms & Organisms Review

Question 1

The branch of biology dealing with the grouping and naming of organisms is

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taxonomy

Question 2

Felis domesticus is the scientific name of the housecat. What levle of classification is Felis?

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genus

Question 3

Which kingdom has only multicellular autotrophs?

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Plantae

Question 4

Which of the following does not contain eukaryotes?

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Eubacteria

Question 5

Unlike plant cell walls, bacterial cell walls are made of which of the following?

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peptidoglycan & amino acids

Question 6

Having a standard taxonomic system allows scientists to do what?

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Have a common understanding of the classification of species

Question 7

Which of these kingdoms have only multicellular organisms?

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Plantae

Question 8

Which of the following is a major difference between viruses and living things?

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Living things reproduce independently, viruses infect cells.

Question 9

Which kingdom contains organisms with complex organ systems?

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Animalia

Question 10

One main difference between Plantae and Animalia is how the members

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obtain energy

Question 11

Cold sores are caused by a virus, herpes simplex. What should be studied to create antivirals?

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the mechanism used by the virus to infect cells

Question 12

Scientists have discovered a new animal. Which would provide the best basis of classification?

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DNA comparison

Question 13

Which of the following lacks cytoplasm and a cell membrane?

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virus

Question 14

Which kingdoms have photosynthetic organisms?

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protists & plants

Question 15

Which of the following organisms is used to help in the production of bread?

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yeast

Question 16

Multicellular heterotrophs with filiamentous bodies and chitin in their cell walls are

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Fungi

Question 17

Whose system of classification do we use today?

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Linnaeus

Question 18

A newly found organism is a multicellular heterotroph that absorbs nutrients. It has cell walls

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Fungi

Question 19

Two closely related bird species don't interbreed b/c they use different calls. What is this?

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behavioral isolation

Question 20

A type of cell can exist in many environments, multiply rapidly, & lacks a nucleus. What is it?

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prokaryotic

Question 21

Which two groups of organisms have the most genetic differences?

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mollusks & chordates

Question 22

How can bacteria help change a chemical into a form that can be used by plants?

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Convert nitrogen in soil into nitrate.

Question 23

The chart shows differences between humans & other animals for 1 gene. Which is most related?

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chimpanzee

Question 24

One student has a fever & cough. Two days later, so do 3 other students. What likely caused it?

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a pathogen

Question 25

Fungi obtain nutrients by

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absorption

Question 26

Euglena & cyanobacteria are photosynthetic unicellular organissm. What distinguishes them?

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presence of a nucleus in Euglena

Question 27

In the cladogram below, what represents the common ancestor of all included species?

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the lowest node on the cladogram

Question 28

Arthropods are joint-legged animals. At what level are arthropods most closely related?

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Phylum

Question 29

The taxon that contains organisms that are the most similar to each other is the

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species

Question 30

Which kingdom contains mostly unicellular eukaryotes that live in moist environments?

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Protista

Question 31

How would you describe a bacteria?

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All three statements are true.

Question 32

When a virus infects a bacterium, what does the virus inject into the cell?

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nucleic acid

Question 33

See figure.

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The culture contains some chemically resistant bacteria.

Question 34

Methanogens, thermophiles, & halophiles thrive in harsh environments. What kingdom has them?

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Archaebacteria

Question 35

Which kingdom has representatives with the following characteristics?

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Plantae

Question 36

This key can be used to distinguish four species of frogs found in a pond. What type is this?

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Rana sphenocephala

Question 37

What method of organism classification is considered the most accurate?

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DNA sequencing

Question 38

Which of these kingdoms contain both unicellular and multicellular organisms?

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Protista

Question 39

Which function do structures X and Y have in common?

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movement

Question 40

Use the diagram to answer the question.

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H

Question 41

Compared to unicellular organisms, individual cells of multicellular organisms have

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fewer functions

Question 42

How would you determine the classification of a virus as a non- living organism?

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Viruses cannot reproduce on their own or replicate their DNA

Question 43

Which type of organisms developed 1st due to early environmental conditions on Earth?

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prokaryotic & anaerobic

Question 44

Bacteria carry on a simple form of sexual reproduction called __________.

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binary fission

Question 45

What is the best explanation for the ongoing changes in the classification system of organisms?

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Technological advances help scientists better classify them.

Question 46

What is the difference between the full classification of organisms & their scientific names?

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Full has more categories of organisms than scientific names.

Question 47

Which kingdom contains prokaryotes?

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Eubacteria

Question 48

Which of these kingdoms have only unicellular organisms?

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Eubacteria

Question 49

Many Northern Hemisphere birds respond to seasonal environmental changes by

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migrating

Question 50

Which of the following uses mutation rates to measure evolutionary time?

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molecular clocks

Question 51

Which of the following lists Linnaean taxa in the correct order from general to specific?

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phylum, order, family, genus

Question 52

What do viruses need to reproduce?

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Host organisms

Question 53

A student observes that a eubacteria has cholorophyll. What does it have in common with plants?

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It is photosynthetic.

Question 54

Which of these kingdoms has organisms that have cell walls and a nucleus?

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Fungi

Question 55

Algae and multicellular plants are autotrophs because they

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capture sunlight to make sugars

Question 56

A tree with scale-like leaves and rounded, woody cones greater than 1/2" in diameter is a ___.

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cypress

Question 57

Based on this classification scheme, the European otter and the leopard are in the same

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order but in different families

Question 58

Which of the following is considered not to follow cell theory?

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viruses

Question 59

Which of following has the scientific name of the white oak written correctly?

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Quercus alba

Question 60

Which sequence shows increasing levels of organization?

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organism, population, community, ecosystem

Question 61

Students research unicellular, prokaryotes living in harsh places like hot springs. Which one?

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Archaebacteria

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